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Looks like Netflix is ​​serious about its push into the gaming market. There are new reports that Netflix should offer its future game streaming service in the form of a package, starting next year. The company Google and the social network Instagram also offer news - for Google, this is a new tool for even better privacy protection, and for Instagram, it is a new possibility to track statistics with Reels.

Google is improving the privacy of its users even more

If you want to search or view content on your Google Chrome browser that you don't want anyone else to know about for whatever reason, you'll usually use the anonymous browsing feature for this purpose. But sometimes it can happen that they forget to switch to incognito mode, and your search history, together with the data about the visited websites, will be saved in the browser history, which will be linked to your Google account. On the history page, it's easy to find out which websites you've been on and what you've searched for. But Google has recently decided to contribute even more to the protection of the privacy of its users and has newly offered the option of securing this page with a password. If you too want to secure your activity page on Google, visit the website myactivity.google.com. Click on Manage and check the option Request additional verification. Once you take these measures, Google will require you to verify your identity every time you want to visit a page dedicated to your Google activity.

Netflix is ​​serious about the gaming industry

In our Monday summary of the day among other things, we informed you that the streaming giant Netflix seems to be flirting with the gaming industry and is considering launching its own game streaming service in the style of Apple Arcade. Yesterday, there was some interesting new news in this regard - for example, Reuters reported that Netflix plans to hire new executives from the gaming industry, and that the games on its new streaming service will not contain any ads. On Monday, then on Axios server another message appeared on this topic. According to the report, the game service will be offered to Netflix subscribers in the form of a bundle, and its offer should mainly consist of games from various independent creators. The launch of the service should reportedly take place in the course of next year. In the program menu of the Netflix streaming service, you can find quite a few titles that are related to games or game series - the most famous examples are Resident Evil or The Witcher. Netflix has yet to officially comment on the news.

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Instagram has improved its Reels again

For some time now, the social network Instagram has offered the Reels feature, which allows you to create and watch short videos in the style of TikTok. But it didn't stop at the function itself, and Instagram gradually introduced new products in the form of Shopping in Reels and Instagram Shop. Creators who create Reels on Instagram now have another new tool. It's called Insights for Reels, and it allows creators to track more detailed statistics and analysis. Until recently, Reels creators on Instagram only had basic, publicly available metrics available, including data on views or perhaps comments, with the new tool they will also gain access to data on the reach, saving or sharing of their Reels videos.

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